for more than my fair share of artists of one description or another, but even so to this day I still love my work and love being part of that creative process.
I have also never lost my sense of excitement, trepidation, nervousness, interest and wonder ahead of each sitting...

As impoverished art students, our largest transitory expense was the fees paid to models. We were paying for newsprint, charcoals, paints, canvases, etc. etc., and art supplies were always pricy, considering how much we needed as we practiced and trained. The models would get...

My hats off to anyone who does this for a living. It is incredibly difficult to hold the same pose, for sometimes days on end. Being naked helps in a way. I used to become uncomfortably warm from the heat of just trying to hold the pose.

Do you know the painter or is it someone you have been hired to do? How can you stand someone staring at you and putting your body on paper for the world to see? I myself have posed for nude pictures for my hubby but goodness it took me YEARS before I was comfortable...

Around my 35th birthday I was vacationing in Key West and lounging by the pool in my bathing suit at my resort. There was an older couple at the pool bar who started chatting with me who lived in the area. They asked if I could come by their place and if I would pose nude...